Dick Meldonian

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Richard Anthony "Dick" Meldonian (born January 27, 1930 in Providence , Rhode Island , † 2017 ) was an American jazz musician ( soprano saxophone , tenor saxophone ).

Life

Meldonian first began to play the clarinet when he was eight years old, and at eleven he also learned the tenor saxophone. In 1944 he directed his first own formation; In 1949 he began to work as a professional musician, such as in the bands of Freddie Slack , Charlie Barnet (1950/51) and as an alto saxophonist in 1952 with Stan Kenton at the side of Bud Shank and Art Pepper . He also played with Shorty Rogers , Nat Pierce , Elliot Lawrence and Bill Russo . Meldonian then worked in New York City as a studio and session musician, a. a. with Phil Sunkel (1956), Sam Most and Erroll Garner (1957) and 1960 in the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band . In 1957 he was also a member of Paul Quinichette's band with Gene Roland and John Carisi . He then became better known as the leader of his own quartet, The Jersey Swingers , in the late 1970s and through the Big Band , which he led with drummer Sonny Igoe in the early 1980s. During this time, Meldonian also recorded with the big band and smaller formations under his own name for the Progressive , Circle and Statiras labels . In 1992 he was still working with Harry DiVito and Marty Grosz .

Discographic notes

  • Some of These Days (Progressive, 1982)
  • Dick Meldonian and Sonny Igoe with their Big Swing Jazz Band Play Gene Roland Music (Progressive, 1978)
  • 'S Wonderful (Circle, 1982)
  • It's a Wonderful World (Stairas, 1982)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Notice of death from the New York Musicians' Union Local 802 in May 2017
personal data
SURNAME Meldonian, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meldonian, Richard Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Providence , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH 2017